PARENTS have won their battle with high school chiefs to let girls wear trousers to lessons.

Brine Leas High School, in Nantwich, will be revoking its long-held policy which stipulated that skirts must be worn, no matter what the weather or occasion.

The decision was made after a barrage of parent pressure and it will change at some point during the next school year.

It comes just four months after one man, Rob James, invited parents to join a group and lobby governors so they would scrap the rule.

He says his own daughter, Rebekah, was one of many girls who had suffered the embarrassment of having their skirts pulled up and having boys glare up their skirts during assemblies.

He originally visited the school to request his daughter be allowed to wear trousers, which was agreed. But he remained angry that, despite a survey which showed 75% of parents were in support of a choice of skirt or trousers, a skirt-only rule remained in place.

He said: “I am delighted that they will now finally change this rule.

“I thought it was an important issue which needed raising. It was never about scoring points off the school.”

Trousers for girls could now be introduced from October half-term, after a period of consultation to choose the style of trouser.

The issue went to the governing body three times before the change was agreed but in the end the legal and governmental advice added to the weight of parental feeling, which persuaded the governors to change the policy.

Deputy headteacher Simon Ascroft said: “The school will communicate the finalised agreed changes to the uniform policy with parents when a full review of all available clothing items had been completed in tandem with both students and parents.”